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Lancet case, carved with pictures of Napoleon's tomb

Therapeutics

1821-1850

Early binaural stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1861-1866

Transmitting keys for Five-needle telegraph, 1837-1846

Telecommunications

1837-1846

Enfield carbine rifle

Hand and Machine Tools

c. 1860

Tables of lifetimes, annuities, and premiums

Printed Books

1864

Gold chain for Lister's pocket watch

Wellcome (general)

1853

Model of street-sweeping machine.

Domestic Appliances

1850-1857

printing block

Textile Industry

c.1840

Saw from post-mortem set

Anatomy & Pathology

1860-1870

Chisels, part of post-mortem set

Anatomy & Pathology

1860-1870

Bowel Scissors from post-mortem set

Anatomy & Pathology

1820-1860

Marey sphygmograph and case

Clinical Diagnosis

1857-1870

Phrenological head of unidentified individual

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1824

Atlantic cable specimen, 1865

Telecommunications

1865

Lancets in silver case

Therapeutics

1826

Pair of obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1831-1870

Spectacles, gold rims, blue lenses, given to James

Ophthalmology

1853

Charles Green Aeronaut

Coins, Medals & Tokens

1836

Castlereagh cabinet for weights

Weighing & Measuring

1815-1818

Microscope Slide, 1852

Public Health & Hygiene

1852

Pair of dental forceps

Dentistry

1820-1855

Rib shears for use during post mortem

Anatomy & Pathology

1820-1860

'Vaporisateur du Docteur Montazeau', print, Paris, France, 1822-1840

Langlumé

1822-1840

model passenger locomotive 1837

Railway Models

1837

Bust of Robert Stephenson, English mechanical and civil engineer, 1859.

Art

1859

Poster advertising lectures on phrenology, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, 1851

J Diplock

1851

Stipple-engraved portrait of Benjamin Martin

R Page

1815

Cumulostratus forming; fine weather Cirri above

Luke Howard

1849

Bust of George Stephenson, English railway engineer, 1859

Art

1859

Engraving: Watt's first experiment of steam

Art

1849

Lithograph: 'Tring Cutting. June 17th 1837'

Bourne, John Cooke

1839

Engraving of Theory of pulleys (Theorie elementaire des Poulies)

Langevin, Paul

1850-1860

Replica of William Sturgeon's rotary electromagnetic engine

Electricity Supply

1832

View of the Britannia Tubular Bridge

Art

1850

Handbill, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

W Reynolds

1824

Hughes 'Typograph', Typewriter for blind people

Printing & Writing

1850

2-Foot Rule

Mathematics

1855-1865

Model railway carriage, Manchester & Leeds Railway

Railway Models

1839
Power loom manufactured by J. Harrison and Son, Blackburn, England and fitted with the loose reed emergency stop mechanism of 1842. Exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and subsequently modified by the makers with design changes up to 1858.

Power loom

Textiles Machinery

1842-1858

Letter from Queen Victoria mentioning chloroform use in childbirth

Archive

1859

Chinese celestial globe, 1830

Astronomy

1830

East Indiaman Herefordshire

William John Huggins

1815

Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818

Anatomy & Pathology

1818

Map of the Inland Navigation, Canals and Rail Roads with the Situations of the various Mineral Productions throughout Great Britain

Railway Maps & Plans

1830

Cheffins's Map of the Railways in England and Scotland

Railway Maps & Plans

1845

Portrait of Isaac Newton

Godfrey Kneller

1862-1863
1836-1906, camera manufacturer, Northern Irish; British

McKellen, Samuel Dunseith

1836 - 1906

De Saussure Hair Hygrometer, 1815-1841

Meteorology

1815-1841

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Satirical illustration of the polluted River Thames, by George Cruikshank, London, England, 1832

George Cruikshank

1825-1835